It wasn’t enough for him to make a choke sign after his dazzling play that led to Seattle’s game-clinching interception, an immature move that parents and coaches all over the country will gladly use as an example of “What not to do – or else.”

No, Sherman had to go and diss San Francisco receiver Michael Crabtree in a postgame interview with Fox’s Erin Andrews, then give a similar, though slightly more restrained version, of his rant about an hour later.

Oh, my. Think of the children.

But wait, there’s more from Armour, who does admit that it’s refreshing to have an NFL (No Fun League) player speak his mind. Still, he is heading to New York, for heaven’s sake. Lots of reporters. Yes, this could be — cue the horror show music — a distraction.

From now until Feb. 2, everything Sherman says or does is going to be analyzed, debated and, ultimately, blown up. That’s a distraction the young Seahawks don’t need, especially when they’re facing Manning, a four-time MVP who is making his third trip to the Super Bowl.

Maybe so. Richard Sherman is a Stanford grad by way of Compton. He might just be able to handle it.

And then there was the social media. If the media were unhappy, the Twitter world was darn mad, as CBS noticed.

Detroit Tigers Pitcher Justin Verlander said on Twitter that if Sherman played baseball he “would get a high and tight fastball.”

Easy for him to say, we suppose, since he plays in a league where pitchers never hit.

Sherman, of course, has responded on Twitter:

Andrews herself, who pretty much looks in the interview as if she’s hold on for dear life, had this to tweet:

The tweets also got ugly, real ugly. Racially ugly. You have a smart, talented African-American man going on a full-scale rant to a blond sideline reporter. We suppose, sadly, that this sort of thing brings the Klansmen out of their klaverns. Deadspin has all the n-words that filled Twitter.

Richard Sherman, who can take it as well as dish it out, had the classy retort:

Updated 10:45 a.m.: The latest to weigh in was New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, whose post-game “U mad, bro?” incident with Sherman last season ushered Sherman into the national spotlight:

“I don’t know him at all,” Brady told WEEI-FM on Monday. “I’ve watched him play. He’s that kind of guy. So, you know. I approach the game — and I have respect for my opponents. That’s the way our team always plays. We win with graciousness, and when we lose, we could do better. Some teams don’t always do that, or that’s not their program.”